An improvement to linear-elastic procedures for seismic performance assessment

Gunay M. S., SUCUOĞLU H.

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS, cilt.39, sa.8, ss.907-931, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 39 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/eqe.980
  • Dergi Adı: EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING & STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.907-931
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: performance assessment, stiffness reduction, equal displacement rule, equivalent linear system, interstory drift, chord rotation, INELASTIC DEFORMATION DEMANDS, PUSHOVER ANALYSIS PROCEDURE, FAULT GROUND MOTIONS, FRAME BUILDINGS
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An improved linear-elastic analysis procedure is developed in this paper as a simple approximate method for displacement-based seismic assessment of the existing buildings. The procedure is mainly based on reducing the stiffness of structural members that are expected to respond in the inelastic range in a single global iteration step. Modal spectral displacement demands are determined from the equal displacement rule. Response predictions obtained from the proposed procedure are evaluated comparatively by using the results of benchmark nonlinear response history analysis, and both the conventional and the multi-mode pushover analyses. In comparative evaluations, a twelve-story RC plane frame and a six-story unsymmetrical-plan RC frame are employed by using 91 ground motion components. It is observed that the proposed procedure estimates the flexural deformation demands in deformation-controlled members and the shear forces in force-controlled members with reasonable accuracy. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.